01 June 2008
Dubai, UAE - Welcare World Health Services, the leading provider of healthcare in the Middle East, joined with hospital staff and strategic partners at a small gathering to celebrate Welcare Hospital's successful first ten years of delivering quality healthcare to patients throughout the Middle East. H.E. Nasser Lootah cut a symbolic ribbon to mark the beginning of the tenth anniversary celebrations, and to herald in the next decade of delivering the best healthcare to patients.
Mr. Sunny Varkey, Chairman of the Welcare Group commented; "It is a great honour to join so many supporters and partners in celebrating this milestone - our tenth anniversary. For the past decade, the Welcare Hospital has played an important part in supporting the unprecedented growth of the United Arab Emirates. The hospital has provided all residents in the region with world class health care in a friendly and caring manner."
Over the past ten years, the Welcare Hospital has registered 266,000 patients and the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit has welcomed over 8000 new babies into the world.
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About Welcare Hospital
Welcare Hospital, a part of Welcare World Health Systems is one of the UAE's leading private hospitals, offering international caliber, multi-specialty healthcare in a caring and friendly environment. The 120-bed facility in Dubai offers more than 14 specialized departments, including Cardiology, Oncology, Maternity, Urology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology.
Combining Eastern hospitality with Western expertise, Welcare is committed to holistic patient care that ensures a concerned and caring bedside manner from all who interact with the patient and evidence-based medicine that means diagnosis and treatment is focused on each patient's individual symptoms, responses and needs.
About Welcare World
Welcare World Health Systems (WWHS), a member of Emirates Healthcare Limited, owned by the Dubai based Varkey Group, Medi-Clinic Corporation (South Africa) and GE Healthcare, is a leading healthcare provider in the UAE. Medi-Clinic Corporation manages 51 hospitals in South Africa and 3 in Namibia. It also owns Hirslanden AG, the leading private hospital group in Switzerland, with 13 hospitals. The knowledge and expertise of these two companies will provide Welcare with an excellent platform for cross referrals, offering an unparalleled service in the healthcare industry. /
Welcare World Health Systems manages a number of facilities including the Welcare Hospital, Emirates Diagnostic Clinic, Welcare Ambulatory Care Centre, Welcare Eye Centre, Welcare Al Qusais Clinic, Welcare Diagnostic & Treatment Centre - Oman, and the clinic under construction in Uptown Mirdiff.
For further information, access the website: www.welcareworld.com
For more information, please contactL
MS&L
Angie Sharaf
Tel: + 971 4 3676157
Fax: + 971 4 3672615
Email: angie.sharaf@dubai.mslpr.com
Dubai, UAE - Welcare World Health Services, the leading provider of healthcare in the Middle East, joined with hospital staff and strategic partners at a small gathering to celebrate Welcare Hospital's successful first ten years of delivering quality healthcare to patients throughout the Middle East. H.E. Nasser Lootah cut a symbolic ribbon to mark the beginning of the tenth anniversary celebrations, and to herald in the next decade of delivering the best healthcare to patients.
Mr. Sunny Varkey, Chairman of the Welcare Group commented; "It is a great honour to join so many supporters and partners in celebrating this milestone - our tenth anniversary. For the past decade, the Welcare Hospital has played an important part in supporting the unprecedented growth of the United Arab Emirates. The hospital has provided all residents in the region with world class health care in a friendly and caring manner."
Over the past ten years, the Welcare Hospital has registered 266,000 patients and the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit has welcomed over 8000 new babies into the world.
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About Welcare Hospital
Welcare Hospital, a part of Welcare World Health Systems is one of the UAE's leading private hospitals, offering international caliber, multi-specialty healthcare in a caring and friendly environment. The 120-bed facility in Dubai offers more than 14 specialized departments, including Cardiology, Oncology, Maternity, Urology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology.
Combining Eastern hospitality with Western expertise, Welcare is committed to holistic patient care that ensures a concerned and caring bedside manner from all who interact with the patient and evidence-based medicine that means diagnosis and treatment is focused on each patient's individual symptoms, responses and needs.
About Welcare World
Welcare World Health Systems (WWHS), a member of Emirates Healthcare Limited, owned by the Dubai based Varkey Group, Medi-Clinic Corporation (South Africa) and GE Healthcare, is a leading healthcare provider in the UAE. Medi-Clinic Corporation manages 51 hospitals in South Africa and 3 in Namibia. It also owns Hirslanden AG, the leading private hospital group in Switzerland, with 13 hospitals. The knowledge and expertise of these two companies will provide Welcare with an excellent platform for cross referrals, offering an unparalleled service in the healthcare industry. /
Welcare World Health Systems manages a number of facilities including the Welcare Hospital, Emirates Diagnostic Clinic, Welcare Ambulatory Care Centre, Welcare Eye Centre, Welcare Al Qusais Clinic, Welcare Diagnostic & Treatment Centre - Oman, and the clinic under construction in Uptown Mirdiff.
For further information, access the website: www.welcareworld.com
For more information, please contactL
MS&L
Angie Sharaf
Tel: + 971 4 3676157
Fax: + 971 4 3672615
Email: angie.sharaf@dubai.mslpr.com
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